Is Gerard Kennedy worth $124,615.38 to Ryerson?
The Ontario Government’s list of public sector employees who earned more than $100,000 in 2008. MP Gerard Kennedy was an unlikely addition to Ryerson’s list of the highest rollers. Nora Loreto News Editor Ontario’s Public Sector Salary Disclosure 2009 was released on March 31 and, despite its timing right before April Fools Day, many of the salaries listed were no laughing matter. Among Ryerson’s top-paid administrators, faculty and staff was former Liberal leadership contender and current Member of Parliament for Parkdale – High Park Gerard Kennedy. For 2008, Kennedy’s salary was $124,615.38, despite only working there for eight months. The original announcement of his appointment indicated that his term would be finished on September 4, 2008. By coincidence, this happened to be only days before the federal election was called. Had Kennedy worked every weekday from January to September, with benefits, he would have made $738.04 dollars a day. That is just under $100 an hour. “I was pa
